TROUBLES IN ROME

Early in November, the first train on Rome's new $US3 billion driverless metro line C failed four stations short of its destination. The dignitaries were forced to alight and walk to another set which...

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33 OFF AT CASSELTON

On 13 November, 21 wagons in a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) eastbound freight that derailed 3km from Casselton in North Dakota were hit by a westbound empty oil consist in which 12...

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WAGONS WITH BATTERY ACID DERAIL IN TEXAS

On 2 November, four wagons carrying 'highly corrosive' battery acid came off the track near the town of Kosse in Limestone County, Texas. Officials managed to contain some minor spillage and the area...

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SIX WAGONS OFF AT HUTCHINSON

On 11 November, six wagons in a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight derailed near the municipal airport at Hutchinson in Kansas. No injuries were reported and no hazardous spillage....

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ONE FATALITY, 70 DEAD IN ALGERIA

An Algiers-Thenia electric passenger train derailed on 5 November near the Hussein-Dey station. A woman died and 70 people were hurt, according to the Algerie Presse Service. Prime Minister Abdelmalek...

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BOMB IN EGYPTIAN STATION

According to an Egyptian state website, two policemen died and 15 people were injured on 5 November when a bomb exploded in a railway station in the Nile Delta province Minufiya. It was believed the...

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BOMBS ON EGYPTIAN TRAINS KILL 4

Islamic militants fighting the Egyptian government are suspected to be responsible for two bomb attacks on trains. On 5 November, three people were injured in the explosion of a bomb aboard a commuter...

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DERAILED RUSSIAN TRAIN IN WATER

The official Russian news agency Tass reported the derailment of a two-coach passenger train on 3 November, on the shore in the Sakhalin region between the port towns Kholmsk and Chekhov. A railway...

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POWER OUTAGE WHEN JETTA DERAILS WAGONS

Three of 123 empty coal wagons in a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train derailed following a crossing collision with a Volkswagen Jetta in Abbotsford, British Columbia on 8 November. The car...

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RIO TINTO TRAIN DERAILS IN QUEBEC

The one-man crew of an empty Rio Tinto ore train was missing after it derailed following a landslide on 5 November about 950km north-east of Montreal in Quebec. Reportedly the locomotive landed up in...

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